Block-holding means for walls.



P. KOSAGK.

BLOCK HOLDING MEANS Pon WALLS.

I APPLIGATION FILED 111,111.3, 1910. 1 963,778.. Patented July 12, 1910.

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Be' it known that I, PAUL-KOSACK, a citi zen ofthe United Statea'YQSdDgat Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebra'ska,` haveinvented certain new and useful Improvementsin Block-Holding Means forWalls, of which the following is a speciication.

This invention relates to means 'for sustaining the outer and innerblocks of a wall at a uniform distance apart,'and to be employed wherethe blocks are constructed as comparatively thin plates, cement orsimilar plastic material being used for filling the space between saidplates.

The invention has reference to the employment of gripping-members oryokes and removable tie-rodsgfor connecting'the blocks of the outer andinner courses of the wall,

and vertical reinforcing bars used-with the' yokesffor connecting thecourses, and causing said courses to remain in vertical alinement,a fterthe blocks have been placed in the wall.

The invention consists of the novel combination and arran ement of partsas described herein vand claimed, and as illusu trated in the drawing,wherein,-'

Figure 1 is a partly broken away, plan view of a yoke mountedupon aIpart of a wall-block, the reinforcingl or alining-bar being in section.Fig. 2 is a view of the inner end of the yoke shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa plan view of a part of a building-wall with block-holding meansmounted thereon, em-

bodying my invention. Fig. 4 is a trans.

verse,'sectional view, on line a a of Fig. 3.

Referring now to the drawing for amore particular description, numeral 1indicates a wall consisting of wall-blocks 2 having longitudinal grooves3 formed near and opening upon their sideeedges, said blocks beingdisposed edgewise to form outer and inner sides for any number ofcourses, as

indicated at e and 5, filling material 6 being placed between the.courses to provide a solid wall.

1n the use of the herein described holding means, the building blocksare constructed as thin rectangular plates, and they form the severalcourses of the wall, being spaced horizontally and held at a uniformdistance apart by means of yokes 7 and tie-rods 8, the courses beingheldin vertical alinement and secured together by means of bars 15adapted to have vseatings in recessesl 9 be- A 'tween thearms'l of theyokes and adjacent to the Y inner sides lof blocks or plates 2.

Each yoke 7 is formed as a flat, metallic plate for a seating upontheedge of a build-- in block or u on a part of the edges of two ad] acetbuilding blocks,'the front edges of ing provided withdownwardly-projecting flanges 11 for a seating in groove 3 of the ed;and, adjacent to and inwardly of flanges 11 at the sides of recess orslot 9, each arm ing flanges 12 for engaging in groove 3 of a block inthe next or upper course.

.a At 13 are shown openings formed in the yokes; and in practice, whenforming a wall, the yokes are disposed one above anotherbetween thecourses, and hooks 14' of tie rods 8 are inserted in said openings, saidrods 8 thereby connecting the yokes upon the inner andouter blocks of acourse, bars 15 being held between the varms of the yoke adjacent to theinner sides ofthe blocks. After a course or several courses of the wallhave been laid, the lling material, preferably a composition, inseml-liquid form, of cement, sand and water is placed between thecourses, the blocks of the courses, in the meantime, being held invertical alinement by rods 15, said1 rods also operating to reinforcethe wa It will be seen that the body of each yoke yprojects inwardly ofthe wall and is susllanges 16, which operate as braces, since theagainst the inner sides of the blocks.

After a wall has been constructed as described, grooves 3 may be filledwith cement or similar adhesive material, and thereby, anges 11 and 12will be covered or embedded in said material.

' By use of the herein holding means, walls may be economically andreadily constructed, and the yokes, tie-rods and alining rods areconvenient for handling. The reinforcing or alining-bars may be of anysuitable length, said length not necessarily being unito construct awall of uniform thickness. Where walls of greater thickness are desired,all that is necessary is toA lengthen the tie-rods, since they span thespace, transversely of the wall, between the yokes.

. Having fully described my invention what inner ends of the flanges areadapted to bear y l spam cation'oframnent. Patented July raientApplica-tien 4filled Laaxeh 3, 1911). Serial No. 546,998. 'i

arms or wings 10, near their terminals, be-

building block upon which the yoke is seat- ,or wing is providedwith'upwardly-projecttained, in part, by downwardly-projecting' form.The tie rods have a uniform length a jtheir outer sides, of aperturedtheir outerV sides, of apertured I claim and desire to secure by Patentis,-

1. In devices forthe purpose described, the combination with rectangularwall l blocks disposed edgewise to form-the outer and inner courses,said blocks having longi blocks disposed edgewise to form the outer andinner courses, said blocks having longitudinal grooves opening upon theedges of okes provided with terminal transverse anges and disposed`horizontally upon the edges ofthe blocks of said outer and innercourses; tie

rods disposed horizontally between and removablyV mounted in theapertures of said yokesf; upright reinforcing bars `engaging saidwall'courses and engaged b said yokes;

the transverse ilanges of said yo es engaging Eithlgi. the longitudinalgrooves of said Wall oc i ' 3. In blockiholding means for walls, the

combination with oppositely-disposed blocks orming fthe Wall'eourses, aplurality of yokes disposed opposite to each other upon the blocksfofthecourses, said yoles belng provided with flanges for engagement withthe. outer sides of said blocks; alining bars disposed verticall uponthe inner sides of the blocks of sai courses and engaged by said yokes;and a plurality of tie rods extending between the courses and connectingsaid okes.

4. combination posed building blocks forming wall courses, a pluralityof yokes disposed in pairs oppowith oppositely dis;

site to each other upon the blocks of `said courses, said yokes beingprovided with longitudinal flanges 4for engaging the inner sides of saidblocks and having transverse terminal flanges; alining bars engaged bysaid yokes and'disposed vertically uponthe inner sides of the blocks ofsaid coursesgtie rods extending between the oppositely disposed yokes ofa pair, the transverse terminal flanges of said yokes engaging the outersides of `said blocks.

5. In block-holding means for Walls, the e combination 'withoppositely-disposed blocks formin the Wall courses, a plurality of yokesisposed opposite to each other u on 'theblocks of the courses, saidyokes being provided with flanges for engagement with the outer sides ofsaid blocks; a plurality of tie rods extending between the courses andconnecting with said ,yokes, and an adhesive filler disposed betweensaid Wall courses.4

vIn testimony whereof I have axed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

t 1 PAUL KOSACK. AWitnesses:

HIRAM A. STURGES, ELIZABETH MURRY.

